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Forrest is first jailed in Mobile, Alabama after accidentally ripping Jenny Curran's dress open at the movie theater. A judge releases him so that he can go play football for the University of Alabama, as long as "[he gets his] big ass out of town".[1]

Forrest is jailed in China during his visit for ping-pong diplomacy, after wandering for hours in Peking, under suspicion of being a spy.[2]

Forrest is jailed in Nashville, Tennessee for loitering when he is unable to find anything to do after missing his bus to Birmingham. Mister Tribble, a former chess grandmaster who was impressed by Forrest's abilities in the game, bails him out of jail.[4]

Forrest is first jailed in New Orleans, Louisiana when he finds an old friend, Snake, while working for a strip joint called Wanda's. He makes the mistake of grabbing Snake's beer, and starts a small fight. A friend of Snake's bails him out, as well as his other friends (and Forrest).[6]

Forrest is almost jailed when he attempts to feed Wanda the hog at the National Zoo. A zoo guard confronts him and, despite Forrest's claims that the pig is his, threatens to arrest him. Forrest is tired of being abused, and grabs the guard, spins him (reminiscent of his professional wrestling days) and throws him into the seal pool.[10]The same guard or policeman also encounters Little Forrest giving his jacket to the hog. Little Forrest explains that it is his pig, and the guard responds "Yeah, that's what some other crackpot tole me, too," and walks away.[11]